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EAB management for homeowners

If you have ash trees, learn more about EAB before you act. The potential threat of EAB is real, but acting without understanding the specific threat to your trees, regulations, quarantines and your options could cause the unnecessary loss of treasured shade trees.

Until EAB has been confirmed in your county, or at least 15 miles from your home, then no action is necessary. But, once it has been confirmed, then it is time to consider your options. To assist with your decision making, following these simple steps.

Assess value of individual ash trees

The first step in determining whether or not to invest time and money in saving an ash tree is to evaluate its relative value based on its position in the landscape, its condition, the cost of removing and replacing it vs. keeping it alive, and your willingness to invest resources in it consistently. Once you have determined the value of your ash tree, you are ready to take action.

Low-value ash trees

Trees in poor condition for any reason, ash trees not integral to the landscape, and trees the owner doesn’t wish to invest resources in to protect chemically.

Possible actions:

Intersperse replacement trees among ash trees, so they can become established and grow before ash trees die.